On June 8, from 15:45, Prince Albert street, 44, 1050 Brussels.

In the premises of SOLVAY

General Assembly of CCBLR

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“Official Presentation of the PERM Region” (Ural, Russia)

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“Presentation of the 12th International Exhibition of Technologies & Equipment for Oil, Gas, Chemistry Industry, 

                           Perm, 26-29 October 2010”

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Cocktail

Dear Sir, dear Madam,

CCBLR, the PERM Region Administration, Expo Perm and AGORIA organize an official presentation on new high investment potentials and prospects of one of the most highly developed and economically promising regions of Russia.

You will receive complete information on the Perm Region and we are convinced that you will find your business niche.

Please find below a short information on business opportunities in the Perm region..

                                                                                                                                                  The Perm Region is one of the country’s most important industrial centres, especially noted for heavy industry. The main industrial sectors are ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, chemical and oil industries, engineering (especially heavy engineering), forest, pulp and paper, and building material industries.

Engineering provides 43.7% of the city’s gross output; the fuel industry provides 13.7%; and the chemical industry, 12.8%. Perm’s industry is characterized by concentration in the defence industry. Ten major defence industry companies employ half of the region’s industrial production workers.

Products manufactured by companies in Perm are in high demand in Russia and the CIS. Thirty companies deliver their products to 60 countries around the world. They export aircraft engines, petroleum products, cable, paper products, paints, power saws, power pumps, bicycles, telephone sets, ski trailers, chemicals, synthetic cleaning agents, parts for forest industry equipment, component sets for cars, and other items.

The Perm region is a diversified industrial complex constituted of more than 500 enterprises. The segment of large and medium-sized companies of this region covers approximately 90% of the total output, the industrial petrochemical complex is based on chemistry and fuel industry, electric-power processing, engineering, metallurgy, machine building, wood. Machine-building is represented by companies oriented to instrument manufacture, machine-tool making, shipbuilding, aircraft industry, electrical  industry, engineering, cable aircraft and rocket engines, gears, gas, spaceship control goods, and a wide range of consumer goods such as saws, excavators, electric and diesel  locomotives, pumps, stoves, shunting bicycles, electric motors, kitchen ware, enamelled  and other goods and competitive products. The overall level of socioeconomic, technological, and intellectual potential in Perm makes it possible to create the necessary conditions for the city to function effectively in a market economy. The formation of a Perm “techno-city” offers a mean of using the natural resources and intellectual potential of Perm and its suburban areas more effectively; non traditional economic spheres such as tourism, including international tourism, offer development opportunities in the Perm region.

We look forward to meeting you at this important event.

Truly Yours,

Arkady Arianoff, CCBLR 

15.15-16.00:  Board of directors (reserved to the directors of CCBLR)

16.00-16.30:   General Assembly of the Belgian Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce for Russia  and Belarus at Solvay Premises. You all are welcome!

16.30-17.00:   Registration (refreshments)

17.00-17.20:   Opening ceremony & welcome words :

-  H.E. Alexander Romanov, Ambassador of  Russia in Belgium.

-  Serguey Kouznetsov, Head of the Trade Representation of Russia in Benelux & France

-  Werner Cautreels, president of CCBLR,                                                                                 

-  Jacques van Rijckevorsel, Member of the Executive Committee SOLVAY, Group General  Manager of Plastics Sector, President  PlasticsEurope

17.20-18.30:   Official Presentation of the “PERM Region”

 - Anastasia Tyurina, Head of the Administration of PERM region, representative of the Government of the Russian Federation.

-  Investment attractiveness of Perm Region.

-  Strategic directions of the regional economic development.

-  Investment projects and proposals for cooperation with foreign partners

-  Marat Musin, General Manager of the exhibition, “ Oil-Gas-Chemistry “,                              -  François de Hemptinne for Agoria & Pieter Jan Provoost for Carbon Energy Club

18.30-18.45:   Questions & answers

18.45-19.45     Cocktail in the honour of our General Assembly and the Perm presentation

Short Presentation of Perm region

Population: 3 268 000 people. The city of Perm: 1 million 26,8 thousand people.                                                                                                                                         The Perm Region occupies 193,5 thousand sq. km. It spreads over from east suburb of Russian plain to the western slope of Middle and Northern Ural Mountains, is situated right between two parts of the world — Europe and Asia.

The economic situation

Perm region is one of the most developed regions of Russia, it takes one of the leading places in national industrial production. It plays a significant role in the process of forming of the Federal budget and belongs to a number of regions-donors.

The basis of an industrial complex of the region is formed by chemical and petrochemical industry, fuel industry, electric power industry, metallurgy industry, mechanical engineering, wooden processing industry.

Perm region is in the lead in Russian manufacture of fuel equipment, gas-transfer aggregates and gas-turbine power plants, oil-field equipment, equipment of digital and fiber-optical systems of information transfer.

Perm realizes 10 million tons/y of oil, 750 millions M³ of gas and 15 pipelines on 10.280 km for the transfer of 340 billions M³ of gas.

Solvay has signed an agreement with Sodium Group Investments Limited to acquire its majority stake in OAO Bereznikovsky Sodovy Zavod and ZAO Berkhimprom.

The Berezniki soda ash plant is one of the three major soda ash producers in Russia with a capacity of 500,000 metric tons per year. The plant employs approximately 2,200 people and is located by the city of Berezniki (Perm region) in the Urals, some 200 km north of Perm city.

Metallurgy industry is presented by the enterprises for processing of ferrous, nonferrous and rare-earth metals, and also the enterprises of powder metallurgy. Unique Russian manufacture of titanium sponge is in Perm region and a half of all-Russian volumes of magnesium is made there. There is one of the largest state district power stations of Russia in the region. 40 % of electric power produced in Perm region transfers to next subject of the federation.

There are more than 100 oil and gas fields in Prikamye. The powerful petroleum refinery allows making all spectrum of petrochemical products.

A large mine and chemical complex is created on the basis of the unique Verhnekamsky deposit of chloride salts of sodium¨**, potassium, magnesium, the extraction of which  makes 100 % of Russian Federation’s production.

Nonferrous rare-earth metals, precious metals diamonds are extracted and processed in the region.

Considerable wood resources of Perm region give to region a status of one of the leading timber industry and procuring bases of Russia. Pulp and paper industry enterprises produce 20 % of the total paper total volume manufactured in Russia. Perm region is one of the largest Russian exporters of newsprint.

Transcontinental railway, automobile and air-lines are crossed in Perm region, there are a waterway to Northern and Southern Europe, petroleum and gas pipelines. The structure of transport system includes the international airport.

For many decades the Western Ural Mountains was closed for foreign partners. Today a lot of foreign companies work there. Perm region takes one of the leading places in Russia by volume of export, including to a foreign market.

Perm region is a large centre of science. It is taught about 60 thousand students in 13 independent higher educational institutions. The scientific potential of the area is also presented by the centres of basic researches, Perm centre of Ural branch of Russian Academy of Science, research and design offices.

Perm Region has a rich and varied cultural life.

Ten professional theaters operate in the region, allowing people to relax and enjoy the world of art, while intellectually enriching the upcoming generation. The Tchaikovsky Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Perm, one of the oldest theatres in Russia, is widely known and its ballet company is world renowned. Many graduates of the Perm Choreographic School, whose ballet school has received world recognition, have performed on the theatre’s stage.

The Sports Rhythms of Russia (Sportivnye ritmy Rossii) dance ensemble under the direction of M.A. Korlyakova also performs on the stage of the Academic Theatre. It is the only professional dance company to combine classical and show choreography with gymnastics.

The 12th International Exhibition of Technologies & Equipment for Oil, Gas, Chemistry Industry, Perm, 26-29 October 2010

Ø      Topics: Natural Resources. Petroleum, Gas, Chemistry, Industrial Exhibitions.

Ø      Organisers : Administration of Perm region, PermCCI, PermExpo

Ø      Partners: LUKOIL Group,

Ø      Co-Partners for BELGIUM: CCBLR, AGORIA, BECI

Ø      Exhibition Sections:

• Oil and gas field geology and geophysics
• Oil and gas field operation
• Equipment and technologies for oil and gas industry
• Extraction processes automation and preparation of oil and gas for transportation
• Transportation, collection, preparation and storage of oil, oil products and gas
• Safety systems and fire-prevention technology
• Environment protection
• Products of oil and gas refining
• Corrosion protection of pipeline equipment
• New chemical reagents, chemical materials and processes in oil and gas industry
• Modern technology and engineering in geological oil and gas researches
• Modern technology and engineering for oil-processing and petro chemistry
• Technologies and equipment for chemical industry..

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TUESDAY June 8, 2010 AT 16:00 p.m.

The Board of Directors has the pleasure to invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held in Ixelles (Brussels), in the premises of Solvay, Prince Albert Street, 44, 1050 Brussels on Tuesday June 8 at 16:00 p.m.

We remind you that in principle only the Effective Members designated by the Board of the Chamber have voting power at the meeting; all other members are equally welcome to attend. After the last meeting, the Board granted indeed the quality of Effective Member to all members who had paid their annual fee for 2009. It is his intention to do the same for the new members having paid their 2010 annual fee before the general assembly of June 8.

If you are an Effective Member and you cannot attend the meeting, you are kindly requested to designate a proxy to represent you at the meeting, and return the completed proxy statement hereunder. Please keep in mind that no proxy can receive more than three powers of attorney. For this reason, you might fulfil the power of attorney and let the name of your proxy in blank, we could fulfil it for you, if you agree with this idea

AGENDA :

1. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

a)   Opening and designation of the President and Secretary of the Assembly

b)   Approval of the minutes of the 2009 General Assembly.

c)   Report of the board of directors on the Chamber’s activity during the year 2009, and project report for 2010.

d)   Presentation of the 2009 financial report (accounts). Approval.

e)   Presentation of the 2010 budget / projection. Approval.

f)    Discharge of the treasurer, board members and supervisors (if any) concerning the accounts, management and mandate.

g)   Proposal for the annual fee for 2011, discussion and resolution.         

h)   Composition of the Board of Directors: Six mandates, those of Werner Cautreels, Alain Caris-Reynders, Guy Deconinck, Jean-François Heris, Koen Schoors, and Christian Zenner, come to expiration. Mr Werner Cautreels already asked to be discharged of his position of director and president. All the others are eligible for a new mandate and are requested to send their possible intention to present themselves for a new mandate to the General Secretary Daniel Stevens at dstevensric@skynet.be before June 3, 2010. New candidates are requested to do the same. Mr Jacques van Rijckevorsel, Mr Kurt Demeyere, Mr Igor Pliner, Mr Denis Van den Weghe and Dominique Fostier, already requested to be presented at the election as new directors.

i)    Miscellaneous / Questions and Answers

The meeting will be followed by a short Board of Directors meeting to elect or confirm: the president, vice-presidents, general secretary, treasurer and members of the Directors Board.

Farewell and thanks to the former president and welcome to the new president will then be expressed.

We look forward to seeing you again at this meeting.

                        The conference on Perm Region and a drink, will follow the meeting 

PROXY / VOLMACHT / PROCURATION

To : Mr Daniel Stevens

Vice-president and General Secretary

dstevensric@skynet.be

…………………………………………………… (Name, First Name; or Company Name), being an Effective Member of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce for Russia Asbl, does hereby give a proxy to

…….……………………………………………….………... (Name, First Name of the proxy)

to vote on my behalf / on behalf of the Company at the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber on Tuesday June 8, 2010 at 16:00.

Done and signed in ................................................... (place)

on  .................................................. (date)

                                                          Signature

Name: